A one-and-a-half lot, city-owned parcel on E. Kane Place could soon be home to a small, “sustainable, green building” development including a unique “strawbale” house. Julilly Kohler, Brady Street developer and community activist, is hoping to buy the property at 1152-1158 E. Kane because she’d like to live there.
Posted inBusiness Briefs
April 2004
Russ Davis has moved his Mondo Brothers Bella Luna Pasta manufacturing operation to Riverwest. The old Biopac building at 2730 N. Humboldt Blvd. will house Mondo Brothers Market & Deli, where customers can pick up a cup of coffee, bakery, and a sandwich and browse the mostly natural and organic food, beer, and wine available […]
Posted inBusiness Spotlight
Eden Excursions: Riverwest Couple Launches Bike Touring Company
by Suzanne Zipperer
Eden Excursions bike touring company, recently launched by Jeff and his wife Linda Rosland, is for cyclists who like an unhurried bike ride and a hot tub at the end of the day. Modeled after Vermont Inn bike tours, Eden Excursions offers small group extended weekend tours that average 50 to 60 miles a day and end with enjoying the small towns of eastern Wisconsin.
Posted inNeighbor Spotlight
Wayne Wallner
by Peter Schmidtke
A bicycle messenger and business owner, a dabbler in film and music, a building renovator — Wayne Wallner, for lack of a better phrase, is a modest jack of all trades.
Posted inRNA News
RNA Meeting Minutes: Committee Reports, March 2004
Holton Street/Center Street Revitalization Committee The Riverwest Currents article regarding Holton Street was discussed. Holton Street Revitalization committee members plan to go door-to-door along Holton Street to distribute information about Riverwest Neighborhood Association, city services, listen to resident concerns, and note buildings in need of repair. Revitalization Committee The committee will draft a position paper […]